CIRCLE OF ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG, CIRCA 1740

Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, full face in pink bordered black dress with ruffled pink bodice and sleeves, lace cuffs, posy at corsage, lace choker and pink feathered aigrette in her powdered curled hair, three-quarter length holding a mask in her right hand, standing before an urn, arch and foliate background

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CIRCLE OF ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG, CIRCA 1740
Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, full face in pink bordered black dress with ruffled pink bodice and sleeves, lace cuffs, posy at corsage, lace choker and pink feathered aigrette in her powdered curled hair, three-quarter length holding a mask in her right hand, standing before an urn, arch and foliate background
rectangular, 2 3/8 x 3 3/16in. (60 x 81mm.), gilt-metal mount, set in the base of a fitted green shagreen case applied with clouté

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Elisabeth Christine, Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1715-1797), was married to Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, later King Frederick the Great, in 1733. As her husband showed little interest in her, she died without issue.

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